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非手術法か手術法：痩身に効果的なのは？
Non-Surgical? or Surgical Liposculpturing?





As time goes by, so as the waves of innovation.
And we just cannot go against it.
Cosmetic medicine is no exception,
especially in bodysculpturing field.

Of course, this is an answer to patient's needs of
non-invasive, non-surgical methods.

Non-Surgical Body-Contouring Procedures mainly are
the folowing ４devices (from milder to more effective order):

１．Contact-free Radiofrequency(RF) Device
２．Non-surgical Laser Device
３．Coolsculpting Device
４．Non-surgical Ultrasound Device

Contact-free Radiofrequency(RF) body contouring
is literally an appealing device that never touches the body
in warming the fat layer underneath the skin.
Can be done while you are napping through the procedure.





RF is an electromagnetic wave that is used in this device
to heat up fat cells in the layer into 43 to 45℃
and prompt them into apoptosis(cell death).
Surface of the skin remains below 42℃
which is just a warm temperature for the body.
Results that can you see in aesthetic salons
are what you might expect from this method.


Laser device that is non-surgical can heat the skin
up to 42 to 47℃ to cause apoptosis of the fat cell.
Typically, lasers are not good enough
to reach deeper fat layers underneath the skin.
But a certain wavelength can perform such job.
Applicators are securely stuck to the target area
in order to make sure lasers can get through,
while the skin temperature is controlled by
sophisticated cooling system.


Cooling Lipo-sculpturing is the most famous among the 4.





It selectively causes fat cells to reduce
by freezing them away in the temperature
in which other tissues remain intact.
This is the only method that uses freezing temperature
while the other 3 heat up fats to get rid of them.
Dead fat cells are naturally processed by the body metabolism.
Some might show good effect.
But there are some also that do not react well to the Tx.
Repeated treatment is required if the first one
is not satisfactory.

Ultrasound procedure is another heating method.





What differs it from the other ones is that
this does not selectively burn fat cells only
but heats up the layer itself to reduce
concerned body bulges,
meaning might show more effect than the others.
Focused ultrasound is applied as deep as 1.3cm
under the skin to burn and melt the layer.
Skin surface remains cool during the treatment.


Even how technologies are raging
the non-invasive body contouring field,
their performances are still far from the results we get with
surgical methods.
So far, or maybe for the long time being,
it is appropriate to assume that
the non-surgical method still cannot beat the surgical ones.
Surgical methods are the folowing(in milder order):

１．Mini-Lipo
２．Liposuction
３．Tummy Tuck or Excess Skin Removal

Mini-Lipo refers to a minimal size liposuction.



minilipo bef/aft


The portion with the size of your palm,
suctioning can be done in 10 min.
Usually done with just local anesthesia.


Liposuction surgery is
a full procedure to perform body contouring
on the bulges all around the body.
It is a traditional method in cosmetic field,
but still is the most effective
in achieving a dramatic outcome.

Faster dramatic changes might be observed
but should be done by an experienced surgeon
inorder to avoid undesirable results.

Liposuction is usually presumed as partial procedure that treats only limited areas of the body.
But most plastic surgeons who have done this procedure for quite some time have observed that it also shows significant effect reducing body weight.
When liposuction is done at wider areas
such as abdomen or thighs,
some patients notice much more times of weight loss
than the actual weight of the removed fats.
Actually this fact can be obviously observed in obese cases and, of course, under a not-so-strict regular dieting circumstances after surgery.
It is assumed that
by removing a large volume of fats from wider body parts,
the body becomes aware that
feeding those areas are not necessary anymore,
meaning less starvation,
which leads to easier dieting.
On the other hand,
feeling secured after liposuction
may trigger too much intake of food
that may lead to an opposite outcome.
So even after liposuction,
being watchful of your diet is still a must.

Those who are willing to lose weight in a slower pace
should take diet pills first to reduce weight,
then think of liposuction surgery afterwards
to remove fats at certain areas
that are not reacting to dieting.

But if fast dramatic change of weight is the goal,
liposuction should be done first before dieting
inorder to let the body adjust easily to the dieting program.



liposuction bef/aft




Excess Skin Removal procedures, or abdominoplasty(tummy tuck)for belly parts, brachioplasty for arms,
and thigh lift for thighs,
are usually done with liposuction,
to make sure that the skin is tightened enough.


tummy tuck bef/aft


If lower ab is the only concern,
mini-tummy tuck is the procedure of choice.
The incision is like an extended C-section scar.

Full tummy tuck is for the loosened upper & lower abs.
which requires transferring of the navel
to a new incision hole.

Lifting of arms and thighs are done
with inner incisions along these parts,
making them not easily noticeable
on regular potures.

Results gained from excess skin removal
are far more excellent than just liposuction only,
because of its tightening effect.

Skin lift takes around 3 hours to perform,
requires general anesthesia.
Of course, mini-tummy tuck time
is shorter than the full.


That has been the latest from body contouring procedures.